Listen to Shirley Singing the Poem in English & Chinese Sep 12, 2012Listen to Shirley Singing the Poem in Chinese & English Sep 12, 2012 Listen to Shirley Explaining the Poem & Follow Me to Read ItLearn the Meaning of This PoemSee Shirley Created Paintings & Calligraphy for the Poem Oct 5,2012See Shirley Created Paintings & Calligraphy for the Poem Jan 23,2012See Shirley Created Paintings & Calligraphy for the Poem Sep 5,2010This is the 4th time I painted a picture to match the same poem and the music I created for the poem since 2007. The last time I painted the painting on the Chinese New Year in my travel in Wuxi.
I do hope that you enjoy this painting and it will be some help with you to learn more about Chinese culture and language.
Main Meaning of the PoemA Little Pool
By Yang Wangli (Song Dynasty)
The silent mouth of a spring “cherishes” the thin streamlet,
The shadow of the trees is reflected in the water, it “loves” the scene in the sunshine.
A little lotus leaf just appears with a sharp tip,
Quickly, a dragonfly lands on it.
Chinese Characters & Pronunciations :
You can clink on any Chinese Character to open the New Character Board and to see its Chinese pinyin, meaning, pronunciation and follow me to read it, also, you can hit the links over to enter the Language Column, to see my comments about this poem 小池 - Xiǎo Chí
杨万里 ( 宋 ) - Yáng Wànlǐ ( Sòng )
泉眼无声惜细流 - Quányǎn wúshēng xī xìlíu,
树阴照水爱晴柔 - shùyīn zhàoshuǐ ài qíng róng。
小荷才露尖尖角 - Xiǎo hé cái lù jiānjiān jiǎo,
早有蜻蜓立上头 - zǎoyǒu qīngtíng lì shàngtóu。
How do you think of the two paintings, which one is better in your opinions?
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, welcome to write to
shirley@ebridge.cn or
shirleyz004@yahoo.com ,you can also publish your opinions on
Message Board . :-)
--Shirley ZhangWritten on Oct 7,2012
